Spiritual abuse is the next scandal coming for churches, LGBTQIA activist Jayne Ozanne told a plenary session of World Pride’s Human rights Conference. And international law could be used to repress anti-gay religious practices. The mornings sessions ended on a… Continue Reading
Why would anyone be a professional fundraiser? Asked that question David Martin who has worked for four charities – including large Christian ones – has a good answer. “It’s one of those things where if you’re someone that doesn’t have… Continue Reading
Christians will be familiar with how different parts of Scripture tell the same story from different angles. (One of the most famous is the accounts of Judas’ sad death. Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 give two separate pieces of his… Continue Reading
Leader of the Labor Party, Chris Minns, has promised that an NSW Labor conversion therapy bill will not interfere with preaching and prayer while wishing to shield young people. But, as he puts it, the bill will be a needle… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column So what’s a nice moderate person like Obadiah saying nice things about Martin Iles? As Obadiah reported for Eternity, Iles had a good night on Q and A in 2021, when as many remember, he set… Continue Reading
Religion, Christianity in particular, will feature at Sydney’s world Pride LGBTQIA festival that started with the Mardi Gras march on the weekend. Sydney will host “the largest LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Conference ever to be held in the southern hemisphere”. Several… Continue Reading
The most interesting thing about Marty Iles was never the political campaigns the Australian Christian Lobby ran while he was the managing director of the lobby. Not even the Israel Folau campaign that supported the footballer, but also significantly added… Continue Reading
Martyn Iles has been removed from his position as managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby. The Other Cheek understands it was a decision of the board. Iles was taking the organisation in a direction the board disagreed with, namely… Continue Reading
Today is the closing date for personal submissions to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into the exemptions that religious schools currently have under anti-discrimination legislation, A consultation paper from the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recommends the removal of… Continue Reading
We probably wouldn’t do this if you or I were in charge of a revival. The revival continues at Asbury University, but the campus leaders have just done something you might not have done. They’ve turned away the thousands who… Continue Reading